The effects of a concurrent cognitive task on the postural control of young children with and without developmental coordination disorder

Gait and Posture

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Laufer, Yocheved ^a   Ashkenazi, Tal ^a,b   Josman, Naomi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Developmental coordination disorder; Dual tasking; Postural control

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 38049066228     PISSN: 09666362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2007.04.013     Document Type: Article

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